Heart Dropped on Ground Was Successfully Transplanted

A heart that was dropped on the ground while being transported to a hospital has been successfully transplanted in Mexico.

The heart that was dropped onto the street while being transported to a hospital in Mexico has been successfully transplanted into a 28-year-old hair stylist, Erika Hernández. But the patient doesn't know the hole story of her transplant.

Dr. Jaime Saldivar says Hernández doesn't yet know that her new heart made national news when a medic stumbled and the plastic-wrapped heart tumbled out of a cooler onto the street two weeks ago.

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Hernández was born with a congenital heart defect. She received the heart of a man who died in a car accident.

Mexico City police say they used a helicopter to deliver the heart in "a rapid, precision maneuver." But after exiting the chopper, a medic stumbled and the plastic-wrapped heart tumbled out of a cooler onto the street.